Thousands of people are expected to attend this year’s Rally for Life in Belfast, which takes place this Saturday, July 2. Centred on the city’s Custom House Square, the event kicks off at 2pm and will be addressed by, among others, Meabh McArdle, whose daughter Fionnuala was born last year despite being given a 1%…
Fianna Fáil’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs has said he intends to press the Government on having the genocidal actions of so-called Islamic State (ISIS) referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Speaking to The Irish Catholic this week, and as the world marked World Refugee Day, Brendan Smith TD said Ireland “should be relentless” in…
Faith leaders work to unite a divided nation, writes Paul Keenan
The release of a celebrated priest means little, writes Paul Keenan
The Church urges the continent to be true to its values, writes Paul Keenan “What has happened to you, the Europe of humanism, the champion of human rights, democracy and freedom? What has happened to you, Europe, the mother of peoples and nations, the mother of great men and women who upheld, and even sacrificed…
The Church is on one frontline against militant ideology, writes Paul Keenan
The Church reacts to a long-predicted crisis, writes Paul Keenan
The Church speaks against extremism in Bangladesh, writes Paul Keenan
Europe is ignoring Turkey’s appalling rights record, writes Paul Keenan
The Church has become the target of indigenous anger, writes Paul Keenan “We are going to burn all churches.” Thus declared the note left at the ruins of the Christian Union Evangelical church in Ercilla, Chile, after an arson attack on March 31 laid waste to the structure. No such threat was uncovered at the…